Remote Lead UI Developer (React)

Summary

Join Thoughtworks and thrive as a Lead UI Developer, championing best practices, designing solutions, and collaborating with teammates to deliver high-quality software and value to end customers.

Requirements

• Have led software development teams using Agile, Lean and/or Continuous Delivery approaches such as TDD, continuous integration, pairing and infrastructure automation
• Be well-versed in JavaScript programming, design patterns and writing modular, reusable, object-oriented and functional JavaScript code
• Be familiar with JavaScript packaging tools and comfortable with TypeScript
• Have extensive experience with concepts such as design systems, atomic design, micro frontends, progressive web apps and backend for frontend
• Be an expert with the React framework
• Have experience developing modular web components using the latest HTML, CSS, and JavaScript standards, and have a proficient understanding of cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility issues and ways to work around them
• Have a strong understanding of HTTP, multi-tiered web architectures and the latest web standards including web accessibility
• Have experience in creating complex CSS layouts using CSS best practices for responsive, mobile-first experiences
• Understand and apply user experience and web design principles into your applications

Responsibilities

• Champion and adopt best practices like writing clean and reusable code using TDD, pair programming, design patterns and continuous delivery practices
• Oversee or take part in the entire cycle of software consulting and delivery from ideation to evolution in production and everything in between
• Design solutions and choose technologies that solve clients’ problems while working within constraints and making pragmatic tradeoffs
• Create scalable UI systems that are delightful, high functioning and accessible to all audiences
• Collaborate with a variety of teammates to build features, design concepts and interactive prototypes and ensure best practices and UX specifications are embedded along the way
• Apply a variety of languages and tools to your work and continue to code alongside Developers; you will not be post-technical in this role
• Efficiently use and champion DevSecOps tools and practices to build and deploy software, advocating devops culture and shifting security left in development
• Take ownership and accountability beyond individual deliverables, always pushing the envelope to deliver awesome results for our clients
• Apply the latest technology thinking from our Technology Radar to solve client problems
• Cultivate Thoughtworker growth and development by encouraging feedback and fostering an inclusive, supportive team culture